The AnswerBank Articles

Winter wonderland

By Oliver Goggi IF IT can turn Prince Andrew into an International Playboy, then rest assured a winter holiday in the sun will do the power of good for you. Nowadays it's not just the rich and00:00 Fri 19th Jan 2001

The Las Vegas of Lancashire

By Katharine MacColl A company is proposing to turn Blackpool into the Las Vegas of Lancashire. It is bidding to invest around 1 billion in six casinos at the resort. The first, the Pharoah's00:00 Wed 17th Jan 2001

Take off on time

By Katharine MacColl LOST luggage, flight delays, crowded airports, what can we expect when booking this summer's holiday The good news is that flight delays last summer were no worse overall00:00 Tue 16th Jan 2001

The Italian job

By Katherine MacColl HUNDREDS of thousands of tourists visit Italy each year, but now it seems that the country is paying a high price for its popularity. Vatican officials in Rome have announced00:00 Fri 12th Jan 2001

Full of Eastern promise

By Katherine MacColl IT'S a time for family and friends. But it's also a time to get the house cleaned, get your haircut, pay off your debts and perhaps buy new clothes. Press Association The00:00 Wed 10th Jan 2001

Let the train take the strain

By Katherine MacColl IT'S a fact the world is getting smaller - and it's never been easier to get around. These days you can board a train in a city centre and find yourself in the capital city of00:00 Wed 10th Jan 2001

Wonder Walls

MOST people know there's a list somewhere and can usually get the Pyramids right. But few know the exact Seven Wonders of the World and their location. It was essential knowledge in any good00:00 Tue 02nd Jan 2001

Flying high

By Katherine MacColl IT'S much more common than you think, it's a cause of great distress before holidays or business meetings and can cause signifiant tension in relationships: One in five of us00:00 Tue 02nd Jan 2001

Iron awe

By Katherine MacColl Would you put a rundown industrial landscape in the same category as India's Taj Mahal, Egypt's pyramids or Australia's Great Barrier Reef Former Welsh mining town00:00 Sat 30th Dec 2000

Life's a beach... for lawyers

By Katherine MacColl DID you choose to swop the frost and mulled wine that goes with a traditional British Christmas for sun and sangria Where you spend your holidays says a lot about you. 00:00 Wed 27th Dec 2000

Space invaders

By Katherine MacColl IT LACKS atmosphere and there isn't a swimming pool or a beach bar in site , so why are people desperate to take the first chartered shuttle to the moon 00:00 Mon 18th Dec 2000

Wembley's woes

By Tom Gard THE FRENCH have Stade de France, the Australians a magnificent new Olympic Stadium, both were built pretty much on time and to budget. So, what do we get when we decide to build a home00:00 Wed 13th Dec 2000

Short shrift given to Union Jack

HOME secretary Jack Straw's proposals for a united British football team have gone down like a lead balloon. But why Surely he is right to assert that if the home nations pooled their talent we00:00 Wed 13th Dec 2000